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A Cat-Lover's Miscellany - A Concise Collection of Feline Facts - cover

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A Cat-Lover's Miscellany - A Concise Collection of Feline Facts

Mike Darton

Publisher: Ivy Press

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Summary

A neat collection of feline facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing, and the extraordinary, this little anthology is the perfect bedside book to give to a cat lover. Herein you will discover such treats as Sir Isaac Newton’s invention of the cat flap; the origins and popularity of cat names; the power of catmint; how long cats spend asleep each day; and the famous Chopin waltz that was in fact composed by the composer’s cat.
Available since: 09/01/2014.

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